Rail-tying device



May 31, 1927. s w FINCH 1,630,696

RAIL TYING DEVICE Filed Feb. l2, 1927 n,- ind Patented May 3l, 1927. i

unirse STAT-ss ,PATENT ortica S'IA'ITLEY W. FINCK, `OIEWASHINGTON,'DISTRICT 0F COLUMBIA.

Application filled February 12, 1927, Serial No. 167,781. i

This invention pertains `to `rail-tying -devices, and more particularlyto vdevices by means of `w ing the major units of hich the railsand tiescompriswhat is Acommonly `called a railroadtrack `may be Vfastenedtogether securely;

The device `is shown in theaccoinpanying drawings wherein :-fy i Fig. lis a side elevation showing ythe tying device as itappearsy when inoperation iniconnection with `a rail and a tie,

the tie being shown in cross section.

Fig; 2 is on the line l? ig. 3 is taken on th ln the drawings l a view,partly in section, 2-2 of Fig. l. l ,a plan view, partly insection, eline 3-3 of Fig, l.

denotes a f steel rail taken such asfis used in ordinary railway tracks,said rail having a base or flangeportion 2.

Sis a tie `an opening prevent the ber, o,

square shoulder which member `5 which is preferably square vto turningof the bolt-likermem lpreferably vhas a and I extends downwardly throughthe openings in the grab hoolst and connec nient 6.

ts with the tie-contacting ele- The preferred means of` fasteningtherail to the tie by the use ofiny device involves, as Villustrated in theaccompanying drawings, a U-shaped tie-contacting element 6 having ears 7through which the bolts 5 pass and are secured in place by means of thenuts 8 and the washers 9. It is obvious,

however, that by using bolts long enough to extend approximately to thebottom of the tic a plain,

straight, tie-binding element may be employed in lieu of the U-shapedelement shown.

The Ushaped element 6 is,

however, advantageous because ordinarily the ballast tie and conselement brings covers the lower portion of the equently the use of theU-sliaped the tensioning means nearer the top of the tie and thusrenders it much more convenient to turn the nuts 8 and adjustthe tensionof the device than when the longer bolts and straight tie-bindingelement are employed.

in operation the element 6 is placed under the tie directly beneath therail l. The two pairs of gr position, ar rail flange,

ab hooks 4, with the bolts 5 in e hooked over the edges of the the bolts5 are fastened to the i the drawings,

1, gether. 'l the use fof my present v invention is to ears 7ofthetie-binding element G by means of thelnuts 8 and washers 9. It isvobvious that when these various elements are in por sition as describedabove, and as shown 'in it is necessary only to turn the nuts 8 inord'ei to secure any desired ltension and thus fasten the rail securelylto side vand slid endwise under thetie without the necessity ofdisplacing `any `great ,amount of ballast, f the arms-,of said memberthen being raised tothe upstanding position shown.

This device may, of course, be appliedto existing trackage bythe methodsabove sug-` i' gestedwithout the necessity of, loosening or disturbingin anyway the'ehxistingmeans ,(snch as spikes, tie plates, rail joints,etc.) in use for fastening the rails and ties to- Manifes'tly,therefore,y the effect of strengthen, toaiiy desireddegree within thelimits ofthe strength of the jinetal Aused `in the device, the bondbetweenthe rail ,and the tie. ,"lhe device is, moreover, simple` andinexpensive and can be installed on new or existing` trackage at a verylow cost.

rllhe inventor of this device is aware of the United States Patent No.1,191,025 covering grab hooks with adjustable connections extendinguiider the tie but believes that his present invention contains elementswhich constitute a decided improvement over` the earlier device byreason of elimination ot unnecessary parts, reduced cost, increasedstrength, and increased facility of application and operation.

What I claim isfl. In a device of the class described, grab hooksadapted to embrace a rail flange, a tie contacting element, boltdkemembers adapt `ed tensionally to connect the grab hooks and `the tie andthe U-shaped element;mayl be l placed on its i rail and the tie adaptedto 'receive a vertically disposedboltlike member whereby and inconjunction with tie contacting means and -said grab hooks a rail and atie maybe tensionally secured together.

3. In a rail-tying device, grab hooks each.

of which has at its lower end a perforation adapted for the receptioirofa vertically dis-`` posed ybolt-like member, and` tie contacting meanswhereby and in conjunction with the grab hooks and thelbolt-like membera rail may be'tensionally attached toa tie.

4c. A rail-tying device comprising a` bolt- I i like member, opposedgrab hooks adapted to engage the edges of a `rail flange, eachof saidgrab hoolishaving at its lowerend a vertical opening for the receptionof vthe bolt-like member, anda tie-contacting member whereby and inco-operation'with the ,grab hooks "and the bolt-like member a tie mayvbe secured to a superlniposed rail.

5, In a device of the class `described the combination of a tie,afsuperimposed rail, tie attachment means, rail-grappling meansadaptedto embrace the base flange of the rail, and a substantiallyvertical disposed bolt-likemember adapted to extend through alignedopenings in the lower ends of the rail-grappling means and through acorresponding" opening in the` tie-attachment means, whereby the railand the tiejmay be tensionally secured together.

6. j A device the class described comprising, in addition to a tie and asuperimposed rail,` elements of but three types: grabliooks ofsiibstantially identical conformation adapted to embrace therebetweenthe base nflange of the rail;tie-attachment means, and

bolt-like means intermediate the grab-hooks andthe tie-attachment means,whereby the p may bewadjust-ably secured together. j j j,

7, A device of the class described compris- `tie-attachment meansbolt-like member,

ing, "inadditionfto a tie and a superimposed rail,"tie-attachment means,a vertically disy posed bolt-like element and a grab-hook elementconsisting oftwoparts of substantially identical conformation, one ofsaid elements havingf` *an opening through one portion thereof and theother element having a portion adapted to extend through said opening`whereby the two elements may be fastened together, and by means of whichelements 'andjthe tie-attachment means the railand tie may be adjustablysecured together.

8. Adeviceof the class described compris- `inga tie, a superimposedrail, tie-attachment means partially encompassing the tic,grabhooksenibracing `and suspended from the base flange of the rail andhavingover-lappingends with aligned vertically disposed openings, thetie-attachment means having horizontally-disposed `portions withvertically disposed openingsin substantial alignment with the openingsin the grab-hooks,

and bolt-like members adapted to` extend through theopenings in thegrab-hooks and the tie-attachment means whereby and in conjunction. withsaid grab-hooksand said the rail and thetie may be adjust-ably securedtogether'.

9. A rail-tying device including tie-attachment means and comprising asone ele- `ment'grab-hooks of substantially identical conformationadapted to clasp the base flange of a railand as another element asuspended a portion ofone ofthe elements protruding through a` portionof the other element whereby the two elements are fastened together andby means ot" which elements and thetie-attachment means atie and asuperimposed rail may be adjustalily fastenedtogether.

` In testimonywhereof I have affixed my signature.

. "4.TANLEY W. 'FIN

